title: Suppressed Blinking in Single Quantum Dots (QDs) Immobilized Near Silver Island Films (SIFs).
abstract: In this report, we use single-molecule spectroscopic method to study emission behaviors of streptavidin conjugated quantum dots immobilized on biotinylated-BSA (bovine serum albumin) monolayer near non-continuous rough silver nanostructure. We observed greatly reduced blinking and enhanced emission fluorescence of quantum dots next to silver island films.
authors.affiliation: Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lakowicz